In Kolkata, there are many postal offices which can be used by the common people for availing the services be it for mailing letters, transferring money through money order, sending media post, speed post, greeting post, direct post, e-bill post and so on.
The India Post provides a conventional form of mail delivery system across the country. Apart from this it also uses Pigeons in Odisha to send mails. In Rajasthan, Camels are used as a postal service to deliver the letters and in Siachen, Dogs are used predominantly for delivering mails. The country possesses the largest network of postal services across the globe with over 1,55,000 post offices, around 5,62,000 letterboxes and covers roughly around 6,04,341 cities and villages spread across length and breadth of India.
Abinash Chaowdhury Lane
Ahiritola
AJCBose Road
Alipore Bodyguard Line
Alipore Civil Court
Alipore Dist Board
Amrita Bazar Patrika
Archana
Asylum Lane
Badartala
Baghajatin
Baghbazar
Baishnab Ghata Patuli Township
Bakery Road
Ballygunge
Ballygunge RS
Ballygunge Sc College
Bamboovila
Bansdroni
Barisha
Bartala
Beadon Street
Bediadanga
Behala
Behala Municipal Market
Belgachia
Belgachia Road
Bhawanipore
Bidhan Sarani
Bidhangarh
Bijoygarh
Bosepukur Road
Bowbazar Kolkata
Brace Bridge
Brahma Samaj Road
Chetla
Chittaranjan Avenue Kolkata
Circus Avenue
College Square
Colootala
Cossipore Gun Factory
Council House Street
Customs House
Dakshin Behala
Dhakuria
Dhapa
Dharmatala
Dover Lane
EKT
Elliot Road
Esplanade
Fort William
Ganguly Bagan
Garcha Road
Garden Reach
Garfa
Garia BT
Gariahat Market
Ghugudanga
Girish Avenue
Gobinda Khatick Road
Gokhel Road
Golf Green
Golpark
Gopinathpur
Haltu
Haridevpur
Hastings
Hatkhola
Hindustan Building
Income Tax Building
Indian Research
Indrani Park
Intally
Jadavgarh
Jadavpur University
Jairampur Kolkata
Jayshree Park
Jhowtala
Jodhpur Park
Joramandir
Jorasanko
Kalabagan
Kalagachia Kolkata
Kalakar Street
Kalighat
Kalikapur
Kalimandir
Kankurgachi
Kasba Kolkata
Kasthadanga
KCMills
Keoratala
KG Bose Sarani
Khengrapatti
KMHospital
Kolkata Armed Police
Kolkata Mint
Kolkata University
KPBazar Kolkata
KPRoy Lane
Lake Gardens
Lake Market
Lalbazar
Lansdowne Market
Lily Biscuit
Linton Street
Little Russel Street
LRSarani
Madrassa
Madurdaha
Mahendra Banerjee Road
Manicktala
Mansatala
Middleton Row
Mominpur
Mukundapur
Naktala
Narkeldanga
Natioinal Library
Netaji Nagar Kolkata
New Alipore
New Market
New Secretariat Building
Northern Avenue
NRAvenue
Paikpara
Panchanantala
Panchasayar
Park Circus
Parnasree Pally
Parsibagan
Paschim Barisha
Paschim Putiari
Pathuriaghata
Pgh Shah Road
PGReach
Phulbagan
Picnic Garden
Pollock Street
Postal Stores Depot
Princep Street
PURBACHAL MAIN ROAD
R N Mukherjee Road
Rabindra Nagar Kolkata
Radhabazar
Raipur Jorabagan Road
Raja J.N.Market
Raja Ram Mohan Sarani
Rajabagan Dock Yard
Ram Krishna Samadhi Road
Ramkrishna Park
Rash Behari Avenue
Regent Estate
Regent Park
Reserve Bank Building
RGKar Medical College
RKSeva Pratisthan
Russa
Russel Street
Sahanagar Kolkata
Sahapur
Sahitya Parisad
Sakuntala Park
Sales Tax Building
Sammilani Mahavidyalaya
Sankaritola
Santoshpur
Santoshpur Avenue
Sarat Bose Road
Sarsoona
Satchasipara
Seal Lane
Senhati
Shakespeare Sarani
Shyambazar Mail
Simla
Sinthee
Sirity
Sonai Kolkata
Sooterkin Street
South Eastern Railway
South Sinhee
Southern Market
Strand Road
Subhash Sarabor
Tala
Taltala
Tangra
Taratala Road
TCRoad
Telecom Factory
Telephone Bhawan
TGRoad
Thakurpukur
Tiljala
Tiljala Bazar
Tiretta Bazar
Topsia
Treasury Building
Ultadanga
Ultadanga Main Road
Vaishya Sabha
Vip Nagar
Viveknagar Kolkata
Watgunge
West Bengal Assembly
West Bengal Governors Camp
Writers Building
Yogayog Bhawan
The advancement of technology is a boon to the postal system in India which is becoming high tech today. Gone are the days where in the post office in India was only dedicated to delivering posts across India. With time, the India Post is offering a range of multiple financial services at almost all of its post offices spread across the length and breadth of India.
With the backing of the government of India, the India Post has offered a range of financial services mainly to cater to all the sections of people in India with a motto to improve the habit of savings.
The offerings of Financial Services by Post Office in India include:
The saving schemes offered by the Post Office is one of the most popular forms of investment amongst the masses in India as it is safe, reliable form of investment with guaranteed returns. The schemes offer attractive interest rates and, in some cases, it is better than the ones offered by banks making many small investors go for it without having a second thought.
Some of the popular saving schemes run by India Post includes Public Provident Fund (PPF) Account, Time Deposit (TD) Account, National Savings Certificates (NSC), Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP), Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) Account, Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) Account, 5 – Year Recurring Deposit (RD) Account and so on.
Disclaimer: We have sourced the PIN code of all the regions and respective postal data from India Post. Efforts have been made to collect and provide accurate data about postal services, circles, divisions, postal code, zip code, and so on, but we will not guarantee error-free data. If in case, you come across any discrepancy in the postal data provided, then please get back to us regarding the same.